I loved to draw and paint, throwing those spectacular colors across a
blank canvas and turning it into something unique. Young, carefree, with
the world in the palm of my hands. The options were limitless.

My world ended the night the door creaked open. It was their first of
many visits. Life as I knew it went blank. It became a survival game and
counting my only solace to get through the pain.

It all became
too much. I ran into the darkness of the night. That blank canvas long
forgotten and incomplete. The ways of the streets became my new home.
Drugs and sex my new survival. Until one night, it all went too far.

I was happy to know the pain would finally end; welcomed being murdered
in a lonely alley. All of the weight on my shoulders and vicious
memories would be long forgotten once I took my final breath.

Life hates me, and I did not die. A second chance was handed to me, but what happens when I do not want it?

This time, I have the chance to make my own art. One person’s Blank Canvas is another’s Graffiti.

About the Author

Charlie Lee is the alter ego of USA Today Best Selling Author HJ Bellus
and Author Kathy Coopmans. The two friends come together to bring you
their darker side of the romance world!